define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); andre lafleur – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Sat, 11 Oct 2025 01:04:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Big East Morning Five: 02.28.12 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/28/big-east-morning-five-02-28-12-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/28/big-east-morning-five-02-28-12-edition/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:30:15 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=63180 It appears that Nerlens Noel, the #1 recruit in the class of 2012, has cut his list of finalists from seven to five, resulting in two Big East schools left wanting. Noel was interviewed as part of a WCVB 5 Boston segment on him and his Tilton School teammates. In the interview Noel stated he has “narrowed it down” to Kentucky, Syracuse, Florida, Georgetown, and North Carolina. Omitted from Noel’s original list of seven were Connecticut and Providence.  Noel made similar news recently in a radio interview when he seemingly cut his list only to quickly clarify via Twitter that his list had [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/28/big-east-morning-five-02-28-12-edition/feed/ 0 Providence’s Cooley Rules http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/12/cooley-rules/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/12/cooley-rules/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:35:53 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=51159

When Providence hired Keno Davis as head coach in April 2008 its president, Reverend Brian Shanley, called him a “Godsend.” As they say, God works in mysterious ways. While mysterious is not the word most Friar fans would use to describe Davis’ tenure, that is just what happened. Shanley turned out to be right. Just not quite as intended. Davis was a Godsend because his hire and tenure represented the mistake Shanley, along with Athletic Director Bob Driscoll and the other decision makers at Providence College, learned from. It was a painful and public lesson, but one that led to Ed Cooley.

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